Macluritidae
| Macluritidae Temporal range: | |
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| Maclurites sp., Ordovician, Ohio (USA) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | "Archaeogastropoda" |
| Superfamily: | †Macluritoidea |
| Family: | †Macluritidae Carpenter, 1861 |
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Macluritidae is an extinct family of relatively large, Lower Ordovician to Devonian, macluritacean gastropods, coiled, that is dextral while appearing sinistral, of which the genus Maclurites is arch-typical. The base of their shells is flat or gently protruding while the upper side is generally concave.